Subject: Re: Y2K test drive
From: Kate Scholberg (kate@suketto.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Date: Fri Dec 03 1999 - 06:39:54 EST
> As a follow up to Sandro's test at Frascati (yielding successful results),
> we are planning a ~full Y2K simulation in MACRO next week. This will involve
> most likely changing VSMAC1's internal clock and running at the year's
> transition and beyond with the back up system. Changing the UT clock
> accordingly is not straightforward but not impossible; if doable it has
> to be arranged with the rest of the LNGS experiments that make use of it
> (LVD, EASTOP).
>
> My question to you has to do with GC online monitors: maybe the communication
> to the international network has to be disabled or at least some warning
> is given. I believe we have to change WSGS04 internal clock also as this
> is where the PHRASE monitor runs.
>
> Anyways, Sandro suggested having this test on Monday. Marco will be
> on shift at GS, so most of PHRASE stuff can be addressed on the spot.
> Kate, if you have some other request of suggestion with regards to the
> ERPGC monitor or if you'd like to review the code that runs the monitor
> and suggest a specific configuration, just let me know.
>
> PS: I believe we should eventually perform this test on VXMACA/B also.
> Even if we change the internal clocks of all the vaxes in the tunnel
> and run for 2-3 hours in Y2K tests, I wouldn't consider it time lost
> for GC searches.
>
Go ahead... please let me know what time you'll be doing tests, a day
or so in advance if you can. I know where a couple of Y2K bugs are
probably lurking in ERPGC code, but they're not show-stopper type
bugs, just the sort of thing where time stamps could be off. Anyway
now's the time to learn of unexpected show-stoppers.
Ciao,
Kate.
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